Spears special to tell 'her side'

Of course, comeback is a relative term for someone who has been in the spotlight constantly for months -- but for all the wrong reasons.

Britney: For the Record, to be shown Sunday on MTV, is billed as a 90-minute documentary that allows Spears "to tell her side of the story in her own words."

It includes a behind-the-scenes look at how she made her new album, Circus, and a perspective of what it's like to be Spears these days. With what appears to be a stronger relationship with her children and a lower personal profile, Spears is poised to be taken more seriously as an entertainer.

For the Record is one way Spears can readjust her image from being a tabloid star to a serious recording artist.

For the Record took three months to make, MTV says, and no topics were off-limits.

The first single from Circus -- Womanizer -- made the biggest leap to No. 1 in the history of Billboard magazine's Hot 100, moving up more than 90 spaces